Miner grew up playing the classical violin, but says that as a teenager she was drawn to the transcendent music of the sitar, a long-necked lute with a hollowed-out gourd body. The instrument’s ...

The pair spent weeks together, starting the lessons at Harrison's house in England and then moving to a houseboat in Kashmir and later to California. Gaining confidence with the complex instrument, ...

Purbayan Chatterjee innovates Indian classical sitar music by blending traditional ragas with modern elements, collaborating with global artists, and utilizing cutting-edge technology. His approach ...

Clad in high-collared vests and baggy cotton trousers, the three barefoot Indian musicians sat down cross-legged on an Oriental carpet on the stage of Judson Memorial Hall at Manhattan’s Washington ...

Virtuoso sitar player, Ravi Shankar inspired a new fascination with and appreciation for classical Indian music in Western popular culture. Judy Woodruff remembers the man who tutored Beatles ...